Posted on 08/02/2002 2:40:49 PM PDT by jbstrick
There is nothing Carville wouldn't say if he thought it would get more dems in office. Nothing he says has any truth or validity to it. He is a freak!
But I do think that most Americans agree with the substance of his arguments, but are repulsed by the package. And his excellent book "A Republic not an Empire" proved the fatal blow to his future prospects. Quotes were taken out of context, arguments that were basically plausibility arguments were successfully portrayed as fascistic and anti-semitic ravings. He became radioactive at that point, and unfortunately a pariah.
I think Pat has a great intellect but a bomb throwing style, and it ultimately did him in.
One thing I think can't be denied though, is that the American electorate is philosphically conservative but operationally liberal. Practically all citizens have received taxpayer benificences (sp?). Most college students received government grants, most people have received unemployment checks at one time or another, and most voters want subsidies to help with their mortgages, subsidies for their farms, subsidies for their child rearing (whether that be for education or severe health problems), and subsidies for their aging parents.
The people responsible for placing the powers that be where they are desire pooling of taxpayer funds; see it as a measure of a civilized existence. And for that reason the size of the government of the United States will NEVER decrease. Hence the perpetual butting of heads between Conservatives who understand the danger of ever expanding powers, and Conservatives who while talking a good game take advantage of those ever expanding powers.
A society where the individual is held accountable for the progression of his life is dead, and only to be revived by catastrophic circumstances.
In trying to grab the middle left, Bush stands to lose his base, ESPECIALLY WITH THE KIND OF HELP HE IS GETTING FROM HIS "SUPPORTERS" ON FR!
You've got your panties in a knot, RAT, because those of us who support Bush are mostly ignoring those of you who don't.
As for "driving conservatives away," I'm not too worried. You've already said you'll vote for him, which is all I care about.
He's already got a wife.
Gosh, for somebody who's been at FR for 8 months, you sure fancy yourself a political strategist, don't you?
You think he's got it bad? I've lived in New York City for the last 10 years! I finally had to decamp to the ancestral homeland in Southern Indiana about a month ago just to recharge my batteries...not sure if I'm ever going back.
Anyway, my point is that FR doesn't need to alienate major conservative personalities like Hannity. We're big--and we've got a lot of potential. But we're kidding ourselves if we think they need us more than we need them....for now.
Any other way to sit in a basement? And what's with the "one ear" stuff??? Have the SW hooked to a 300 watt home theatre setup. The neighbors bi*ch about the hiss, but to hell with 'em.....................
Hmmm, that's not what you labeled him below...
Pat Buchanan got 0.04% of the vote because he's a crypto-fascist populist paranoia pimp.
Had the isolationist America-Firsters had their way prior to WW II we would now be living in a nightmare world divided up between Nazis, Communists and Japanese militarists.
Boy, you sure do jump around don't you? Sorry, but I think very few including myself would buy this statement above. Nice try however at painting a living hell on earth if Pat were ever elected. Hehehe.
To be truthful, I find you entire post about Pat rather hysterical...
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